Friday Afternoon

I had to run out this morning for a meeting (which I didn't even make) but didn't get a chance to update everyone on Bianca and Co. She had a great night and slept straight through and was able to get some much needed rest.

We were awakened this morning by the on call OB who finally got around to seeing us (not bitter, just saying) and we went over all the results from the ulta sound. So again her white cell counts are ok, in the normal range for a pregnant lady :-) and babies heart beats are  137 and 132 so all is well there.

Best news though, Baby B's amniotic fluid is increasing!!!! It's still a slow roll, but there is improvement which is something we are all too excited about.  Our nurse yesterday told us all looks "about" the same, but the doctor confirmed we are doing better. It's such a good feeling to have that positive note after so much hope and prayer.

We are also 22 weeks and 1 day now!! So YAY for another week and still growing.

On a slightly more blah note; got the first call from the insurance asking us all sorts of not so nice questions. It is the farthest thing from my mind as I just want the kids to be ok, but its a reality I am sure I will have to confront sooner rather than later. Surprisingly they know A LOT about what is going on and how her treatment is going....big brother style, but it makes sense.

We did finish Grey's Anatomy (well caught up to season 9 finale) and are sort of sad to see it go from us for a while. It was fun having the nurses walk in all the time and tell us how wrong everything was
:-) Than you for everyone who has given us lots of good ideas for new shows and things to do to pass the time. We think Chuck might be next and then Friday Night Lights, and a sprinkling of House of Cards in between. My vote was for ER as it just seemed right at this point and its a complete show, but eh it was a 3 to 1 vote :-/

I hadn't mentioned this before, at least I don't think I have, but in cases like our there are some major goal markers that we are trying to reach. The first of course is 24 hours from being checked in, as most doctors will either push to induce or you will go on your own. Marker Check!
Second is 10 days as infection in this case is most likely to set in or start showing its ugly head around or before 10 days.  Today marks our 11th day here so hopefully, fingers crossed and no bad luck Marker Check! Now our big goal is 24 weeks. We may have some good hopes at 23 weeks for steroids and other things, but 24 weeks would be ideal. Steroids to help develop lungs usually take 48 hours to set in, so we are looking at 24 weeks and change. We are hoping and praying hard to make that now.

Of course if we can make it past 24 the better, but this is our next marker and hopefully slow and steady and we can make it!!! All four of us :-)